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Valued Member
United States
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This may seem to be a silly question. To take a break I decided to browse through some of the The United States Uncirculated Coin Sets to quickly look for the missing mint marks. Anyway, I've not notices this before because I haven't gotten to these yet and notice there's a extra coin marked "D", "P" that at quick glance you'd think it was a penny and it's not . Is this a token coin they added to these sets as a thank you for purchasing i.e. here's a memento for you lol?. Does any one even collect them if not found in set, and is out there in circulation should some had broken the set? Is there any value?
I was just wondering. I sincerely didn't notice this before and am having trouble locating an explanation for this extra coin with a huge D,P or S on its obverse.
Thank you
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United States
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Canada
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Those would be classified by me as mint medals. Many mints put something in a coin set if there is room-free advertising I guess. I have a small collection of world mint medals, so I am sure that there are others. I don't attach a great value to them.
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Australia
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The Mint made cellophane wrappers including spaces for dollar coins. In the years when no dollar coins were issued, they wanted something to fill those empty spaces, that wouldn't need the same Congressional approval that an actual coin would need. Hence, the creation of these mint set medals.
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United States
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Medals/tokens, yes. I have a jar full of 'em.
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Valued Member
United States
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United States
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Thank you, Spence.
I lol when I read the last few lines lolololol.
Edited by Reno911
03/18/2023 03:34 am
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United States
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There is no real collector base for these. I have seen dealers throw them away after cutting up a mint set. One practical use is for Lincoln Cent album collectors to use them as hole fillers while pursuing the expensive key dates. The mint medal looks better in your 1909-S VDB slot than an empty hole.  Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.artToo many hobbies .... too much work .... not enough time. |
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United States
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These do show up in cent coin rolls from time to time, probably when someone breaks up a mint set or when a collection is being dissolved/sold/passed down.
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United States
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Well one item that I thought was uncommon was the mint medal struck as proofs for the 1982 set which appears only once. I would think that such an item would have modest exonumic value as it is the only time such a medal was struck in proof finish. However, I may be wrong - has there been mint medals struck in proof finish sold in other products?
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United States
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Some sets carried a 1789 Commemorative Copper Denver Mint Coin like the 1990 mint set. Others had small copper coin with a P and a D on them to distinguish the mint they were minted in. I really do not know about value or if anyone collects them.
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